Definitions

(Expert) Assessor

is a professional mediator or a mediation or negotiation trainer who assesses and scores Teams and provides feedback during one or more Sessions of the Competition, according to the Scoring Criteria of the Competition.

BATNA

is the Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement , i.e. the best solution for a party, in the event of no positive result of the mediation proceedings.

Break

is the time period which each Team may ask for, only once, during each Session of the Competition.

Caucus

is a separate meeting between the Mediator and one of the Teams.

CDR

is Consensual Dispute Resolution.

Client

is the student of each Team who plays the role of the Client in a Session of the Competition.

Coach

is (are) the person(s) appointed by the Teams University to prepare and supervise that Team.

Competition

is the IBA-VIAC Mediation and Negotiation Competition Vienna 2015.

Competition Director

is the person appointed by the IBA Mediation Committee and by VIAC to organise and run the Competition under the directions and supervision of the Organising Committee.

Competition Rules

are the Rules which govern the Competition.

Competition Secretariat

are members of ELSA Austria appointed by the Organizing Commitee to act under the directions of the Competition Director for the organisation and running of the Competition.

Confidential Information Paper

is a paper containing confidential elements to be taken into account in determining the strategy and tactics of one of the two Teams of a Session. It is made available by the Organising Committee at least one hour before the start of the Session.

Counsel

is the student of each Team who plays the role of Counsel in a Session of the Competition.

Counsel/Client team

are the 2 - 4 students of a Team acting in the role as Counsel and Clients.

Duration

is the time period for each Session.

General Paper

is the core Problem which is made available online by the Competition Director.

Mediator

is the student appointed in each Session to act as Mediator in that Session.

Organising Committee

is the Committee consisting of two persons, one appointed by the IBA Mediation Committee and the other one by VIAC to organise and supervise the Competition and the compliance with the Rules. An alternate member will be appointed by each of the entities.

Preliminary Rounds

are the first four rounds of the Competition comprising of 4 Sessions per Team.

Problem

is the case which is made available to the Teams and which the Teams will try to solve by negotiation with the help of the Mediator.

Requesting Party

in each Session, is the party to which the Competition Director has assigned the role of the party which has requested the mediation.

Responding Party

in each Session, is the party to which the Competition Director has assigned the role of the party which has to respond to the request for the mediation.

Score Sheet

is the form provided to the Expert Assessors by the Competition Director to score the performance of each Team.

Scoring Criteria

are the criteria to be followed for scoring the performance of all members of a Team in a given Session.

Session

is the 120 minute time slot during which the Teams will hold their mediation.

Team

is a University team comprising of maximum 5 students admitted to the 2015 Competition.

Vis Moot

is the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

WATNA

is the Worst Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement, i.e. the worst scenario which a party which has been unable to achieve a negotiated agreement, will have to face.